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List of Contributors | |
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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Introduction | |
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Definition of stroke | |
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Impact of stroke | |
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Symptoms of stroke | |
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Causes of stroke | |
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Classification of stroke | |
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International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health | |
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Medical investigations following stroke and TIA | |
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The prevention of recurrence of stroke (secondary prevention) | |
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Neuroanatomy | |
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Damage that can occur in different areas of the brain | |
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Policy documents relating to stroke | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Theoretical Basis | |
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Introduction | |
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Theoretical constructs | |
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Conceptual models of practice | |
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Frames of reference | |
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Neuroplasticity | |
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Intervention approaches | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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The Occupational Therapy Process | |
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Introduction | |
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The occupational therapy process | |
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Procedural reasoning in different stroke care settings | |
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Professional duties | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Early Management | |
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Introduction | |
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Prior to assessment | |
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Initial interview | |
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Initial assessment | |
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Intervention | |
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Equipment | |
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Other impairments impacting on functional ability | |
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Swallowing | |
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Mood | |
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Fatigue | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Management of Motor Impairments | |
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Introduction | |
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Assessment | |
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Management principles and intervention | |
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Therapeutic aims of intervention | |
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Positioning the early stroke patient | |
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Clinical challenges | |
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Upper limb re-education | |
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Avoiding secondary complications | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Management of Visual and Sensory Impairments | |
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Introduction | |
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Visual processing | |
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Somatosensory processing | |
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Auditory processing | |
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Vestibular processing | |
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Olfactory and gustatory processing | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Management of Cognitive Impairments | |
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Definition of cognition | |
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Cognitive functions | |
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Assessment of cognitive functions | |
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Cognitive rehabilitation | |
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Attention | |
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Memory | |
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Language | |
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Motor planning and apraxia | |
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Executive dysfunction | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Management of Perceptual Impairments | |
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Introduction | |
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Definition of perception | |
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Normal perception | |
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Perceptual impairments | |
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Perceptual assessment | |
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Intervention | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Resettlement | |
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Home visits | |
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Community rehabilitation | |
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Support available after a stroke and self-management | |
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Carers | |
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Younger people | |
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Lifestyle and long-term management | |
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Leisure rehabilitation | |
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Getting out of the house and transport | |
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Driving after stroke | |
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Vocational rehabilitation | |
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Resuming sexual activity | |
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Stroke education | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Evaluation | |
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Record keeping | |
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Standardised assessments | |
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) | |
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Outcome measures | |
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Standards | |
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Self-evaluation questions | |
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Appendix: One-Handed Techniques | |
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References | |
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Definitions | |
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Useful Books | |
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Useful Organisations | |
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Index | |